We deserve better

Jennifer Warner, OFA2017-04-06 20:11:56

Friend --
The Senate just voted to eliminate protections that were put
in place to ensure Supreme Court justices -- who serve
lifetime appointments -- are within the mainstream and have
broad bipartisan support.
It's never been clearer that Majority Leader McConnell and
his caucus are acting on purely partisan motives. A whopping
67 percent of voters didn't want them to "go nuclear" -- but
instead, they rewrote the rules in their favor.
This is a reckless move that will grant a lifetime
appointment to a judge who couldn't even reach consensus
support -- and it could have consequences for decades to
come.
It's up to all of us to keep letting members of Congress
know we won't stand for these kinds of unprecedented and
irresponsible moves, and we won't stop taking action when
they try new ways to bend the system to their will.
Add your name if you're ready to double down and show
leaders in Congress that we're paying attention, and we're
not going away -- we're going to stay strong and keep
organizing, because we deserve better:
my.ofa.us/We-Deserve-Better
In February, people like you flooded town halls and made
your priorities known. You spoke up about the chaos that
repealing Obamacare would create, and you better believe
that made an impact. When congressional leaders got back to
Washington, they found themselves without the support they
needed to repeal Obamacare.
Congress is going on recess again tomorrow, and we're going
to use the opportunity to keep training and supporting each
other to hold our representatives accountable. Let's make it
clear to them that reckless moves like the one they made
this afternoon -- which undermine one of the most important
parts of our democracy -- are unacceptable.
Keep the pressure on -- say you're not going to back down:
my.ofa.us/We-Deserve-Better
Thanks,
Jennifer
Jennifer Warner
National Organizing Director
Organizing for Action

We're going to let congressional leaders know that destroying checks and balances is not OK. Join in -- say you won't back down.

Friend --

The Senate just voted to eliminate protections that were put in place to ensure Supreme Court justices -- who serve lifetime appointments -- are within the mainstream and have broad bipartisan support.

It's never been clearer that Majority Leader McConnell and his caucus are acting on purely partisan motives. A whopping 67 percent of voters didn't want them to "go nuclear" -- but instead, they rewrote the rules in their favor.

This is a reckless move that will grant a lifetime appointment to a judge who couldn't even reach consensus support -- and it could have consequences for decades to come.

It's up to all of us to keep letting members of Congress know we won't stand for these kinds of unprecedented and irresponsible moves, and we won't stop taking action when they try new ways to bend the system to their will.

In February, people like you flooded town halls and made your priorities known. You spoke up about the chaos that repealing Obamacare would create, and you better believe that made an impact. When congressional leaders got back to Washington, they found themselves without the support they needed to repeal Obamacare.

Congress is going on recess again tomorrow, and we're going to use the opportunity to keep training and supporting each other to hold our representatives accountable. Let's make it clear to them that reckless moves like the one they made this afternoon -- which undermine one of the most important parts of our democracy -- are unacceptable.

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